John McAfee 'adopts disguise and is on the move every four hours'

A technology millionaire who police want to speak to about the gun murder of his neighbour in Belize has adopted a disguise and is moving every four hours in the Central American jungle in an attempt to evade authorities.

In an extraordinary series of interviews with Wired magazine John McAfee, 67 gave running updates on his progress, describing how he was travelling in boats, lying on the floors of taxis and sleeping in a lice-infested bed.

The tattooed millionaire, who has a penchant for guns, said he had dyed his hair, eyebrows, beard, and moustache black.

He added: "I have modified my appearance in a radical fashion. I'll probably look like a murderer, unfortunately."

McAfee, who lived in a $1.5 million beachside villa on the island of Ambergris Caye off the Belize coast, has repeatedly denied shooting dead his neighbour Gregory Viant Faull, 52, a retired American builder from Florida.

He said he was alone and unarmed. At one point he told Wired: "Power was just cut to the house I'm in. I think this is it."

Later, he said: "I'm holed up in a place, a mattress here has lice. I've never experienced this before. I'm holed up, I have limited contact with anyone. It's a small country, I'm a white man with unique features. If I leave this house I would be identified instantly. I will not turn myself in. I am adept at hiding. I will do whatever it takes to stay alive.

"You can say I'm paranoid about it but they will kill me, there is no question. They've been trying to get me for months. They want to silence me."

Police spokesman Raphael Martinez said: "It would be quite nice for him to come in and answer some of the questions that could lead to the closure of this case "He is not wanted for murder, but he is wanted for questioning as a person of interest."